Cable beach in Broome & exploring Darwin

Life was very different on the Sun and it was super chilled compared to the Coral, there was no 3 uniform changes a day like on the Coral and the relaxed mood was felt through the whole ship. Work was good and I was enjoying filming all the amazing landscapes and wildlife that cruising Australia gave me and more importantly I got on well with my senior Travis.

We were headed along the Kimberly Coast to the coastal beach town of Broome and its famous Cable beach and Travis had told me we were filming the beach the next day. I turned it the next morning in my regulation uniform so find half the day meeting us thinking that maybe there was some big shoot going on the beach. Nope, Travis explained that though technically a work day we were going to spend the day at the beach and he was going to film the camel trek around sundown as thats what all the guests would be doing.

We only made it to Broome twice in my time on the Sun so I couldn't tell you what else there was to do there as both times it was beach day and camel filming! The rest of the ship agreed and the beach turned into the crew bar divided ashore with the dancers sunning themselves to the right of us, the spa on-masse and the shoppies claiming most of the best spots on the beach.

These are the kind of days you live for hanging out on the beach all day with only short stops to the bar / restaurant and a late sail of 11pm meaning we had to be back onboard for 10pm.

We also visited Darwin in the Northern Territory which is easily one of the hottest places in Australia, the first time I visited I was on the now customary 'Jumping Crocs' tour which is the top tourist activity for the guests.

You take a small boat down a muddy brown river and the boat will slow down as the crocs approach the boat, why do they do this you might ask? Well it's due to the tour guides hanging pieces of meat off poles and dangling them over the side of the boat to get the crocs to literally jump straight out of the water in front of you to get to the meat.

Darwin is spectaculary hot and humid and its record temperature is around 38 degrees, but despite the heat when some days when you are part of a photo team you go exploring with the photogs!

Next time more stories from onboard the Sun Princess!